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Jun 22, 2021 2:19 AM
thesved
86089
1986
27
UnluckyScarecrow
I had to do a double take on that womens bathroom sign because I thought it was a giant razor blade hung from the ceiling
Draiki
I once bought a sneaker/hybrid from Timberlands. They fell apart after one walk on a rainy day in the city. Never bought them again!
Eldude3513
The tag big demon tits economic
Shaodyn
Should a business really be admitting that the economy is an absolute wreck?
DrSchlepenstein
I've had $20 boots from a Payless that lasted 2 years vs a pair of $300 Timberlands that lasted less than 6 months. Overpriced garbage.
GermanBeer69
Buy meindl boots. My dad bought me a pair when I was 21 just like his dad bought for him. 350 euros but last a life long.
BloodKestrel
BeanieWobbles
Boring dystopia scanrio #6: Globalized Coprate-consumer state. Where the rich get exponentially richer and the 99% don't matter!
DangerTrain
Timberlands are "nice boots" for people who put ketchup on everything.
BallsDeepinaDragonscloaca
Canon (that camera company) restricts access to offices and certain rooms if the employees aren't smiling.
doctorninja
Corporations know something we dont
DangerTrain
Something we don't? Are you sure that's something we don't know?
GondwanaCraton
My first pair of Timberland boots, bought circa 1980, lasted me ~25 years. My second only 5. Quality has dropped significantly.
AliceInjection
Strong words for boots that last no longer than one year.
DidItForScience
Apparently at least the people of Hong Kong are.
HurricaneShade
Glad I work for a shoe company, 50 % off and a couple times a year 65% off
DidItForScience
This is like an r/latestagecapitalism meme
prodmerc
Well, no, technically you are able to retire. In some poor country in a village where you're self-sustaining. It's not *that* bad of a life
VenoMal1c3
Hong Kong=harsh! Might as well say "You'll never be free/have democracy. Stop trying or you'll go to prison." Wait, they did that....
VenoMal1c3
Much as I hate to say it, I was surprised at how restrained China's Supreme Leader/President (or whatever he's called) was.
Urgalicity
Yes, take the pen from the wayward author, by force if need be.
polkapowa
Capitalism weaponizing your existential dread.
JustSayN0
I mean, they're not wrong.
keupajer
Americans properbly:
pharmphoxmitchell
Ex-workboot salesman here - buy anything Canadian made. Royers and Terras are the way to go.
SpaceGhostToast
Gonna dot that up
pharmphoxmitchell
Emphasis on " made IN Canada "
Tomadzo
Timberland keepin it 100
mercyPandaRunner
Germany is just raising retirement age for the repeated time up to 67. We DO live in a dystopian world.
prodmerc
I wonder when people will realize it's not because we live longer, but because the pension system is unsustainable and can't pay everyone
Gorapora
mercyPandaRunner
The Pension system is a Pyramid scheme that was invented by people who believed in infinite growth. And we just got the butt end of the joke
DontusetheMword
Which is ironic cause timbs suck. They last less than a year and cost just as much as danners or Georgia
DesertMikeAZ
Looking at other hints, that is a different country
jimjong1
What country is HK if not in china?
frischcode
timberlandhongkong give it away?
cerpintaxt475
Different than what?
RoughPatch
Found the American
Shellertjes
Define"different"
GucciGhost
This looks like either Habour City or The One
lrussell
Did the 出口 give it away?
ATerribleArtist
Congrats on solving the mystery Sherlock, but what does that have to do with the distopian advertising?
scanerang
"The economy is terrible for young people" thing is often seen as a US issue. Atleast in the US and EU
Dantethebald
The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money.
Take boots, for example.
marsgoose
Goes both ways, impulsive people tend to stay poor due to living in the moment thing, seeking instant gratification,
marsgoose
so you can observe poor people buying cheap shit, sometimes because they can't afford better, and sometimes because they want the dopamine
marsgoose
Or even worse, be like me when I was poor and buy expensive low quality shit, like MJs...
WhenIsItNotAGoodTime4Pie
Yeah, but Vimes traded his good boots for a pair of crappy boots by the end of that book.
Dantethebald
He earned thirty-eight dollars a month plus allowances. A really good pair of leather boots cost fifty dollars. But an affordable pair (2)
Dantethebald
of boots, which were sort of OK for a season or two and then leaked like hell when the cardboard gave out, cost about ten dollars. Those (3)
Dantethebald
were the kind of boots Vimes always bought, and wore until the soles were so thin that he could tell where he was in Ankh-Morpork on a (4)
Dantethebald
foggy night by the feel of the cobbles.
But the thing was that good boots lasted for years and years. A man who could afford fifty (5)
tekgnosis
It’s remarkable how well the metaphor has worked all these years. Pratchett was incredible in so many ways.
Dantethebald
dollars had a pair of boots that'd still be keeping his feet dry in ten years' time, while the poor man who could only afford cheap boots(6)